Cleaning device.



' Nb. 639,759. Patented Dec. 26, 1899.

- M. NASBERG.

CLEANING DEVICE.

(Application filed Aug. 28, 1899.)

(No Model.)

NITED STATES MIKAEL NASBERG, OF FLORENCE, \VISCONSIN.

CLEANING DEVICE.

I PE IFICA N forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,759, dated December26,1899.

Application filed August 28,1899. Serial No. 728,707. (No model.)

To (all whom it nutty concern;

Be it known that I, MIKAEL N ASBERG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Florence, in the county of Florence and State of WVisconsin,have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Cleaning Devices,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a device used for scrubbingand mopping floors and other surfaces; and it consists in certainpeculiarities of the construction,novel arrangement, and operation ofthe various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forthand specificallyclaimed.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a convertiblecleaning device which may be used as a scrub-brush for scrubbing floorsand other surfaces or as a mop therefor.

Another object of my invention is to so construct the device that watermay be supplied to the mop-cloth through the handle when it is beingused as a mop or to a cup or receptacle on the upper surface of thebrush when the device is being used as a scrub-brush.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the description hereinaftercontained.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionpertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it,referring to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a view,partly in section and partly in elevation, of the mop-holder, showing itattached to the handle, which is shortened for convenience ofillustration.- Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional View taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a View in elevation of the bottom of the mop. Fig. 5 is acentral sectional View of the scrubbing-bru sh detached from the handle.Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view thereof, and Fig. 7 is an enlarged planview of the cover of the distributing-pipe located in the brush.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the different views ofthe drawings.

A represents the mop-holder, which is hollow and substantially T-shaped,as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and preferably made of one piece ofmetal. The stem at of the holder is provided with screw-threads at itsouterend to engage the screw-threaded socketed on the stem at of themop-holder, between the socket-piece A and the shoulder a which isformed some distance from the transverse portion a, which is providedwith a series of perforations a on each side of the clamp B, as isclearlyshown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The outer end of the enlargedportion of the stem Ct of the holder is beveled on each side of thetransverse portion a, as shown at a (see Figs. 1 and 2,) and is providedwith perforations a located farther from the clamp than thelirst-namedperforations. The screwthreaded collar 0 is formed or provided with athumb-piece c, to be used for turning the same when it is desired toloosen or tighten the clamp of the holder. In Fig. 1 I have shown ahandle which is described and claimed in the Patent No. 628,022, issuedto me on July 4, 1899, for improvements in window-cleaners,and consistsof a screw-threaded plug 01, which engages at one of its ends asocket-piece A and has .its other end located in one end of the piece D,forming a part of the handle, which piece is preferably hollow and maybemade of wood or metal. in the opposite end of the piece D from that inwhich the plug cl is located is ascrewthreaded socket-piece d to receivethe screwthreaded projection e on the casing E of the valve or cookE,which may be of the ordinary or any preferred construction. Secured onthe projection e of the valve-casing is another piece or pipe D, whichmay be made of wood or other suitable material and is preferably hollowand constitutes another portion of the handle to the cleaner. Theopposite end of the piece D from that in which the projection e issecured is provided with a screw-threaded socket piece 01 which engagesa screw-threaded piece f, located in the end of a water-pipe F, usuallyof rubber, and which maybe held therein by means of a suit able collar for otherwise. Passing through Securedtoo the pieces D and D are smalltubes 9 and g, which communicate with the openings in the piece f andvalve-casing.

In Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings I have shown a brush which consists ofa back or body H, having at about its center on its lower surface alongitudinal groove to receive a water-distrib uting tube h,which isprovided in its lower portion with perforations h. The middle of thetube 71 is provided with a neck or extension hahaving externalscrew-threads to engagethe cup H, which acts-as a nut to hold tube h inposition and also as a receptacle for soap or scouring-powder. The upperend of the neck 71 is closed by means of a cap h which is perforated, asshown in Fig. 7 of the drawings, to permit the powder or soap-suds topass to the bristles of the brush through the distributing-tube. The cupH is provided with a socket h to receive the end of the handle used foroperating the brush and which handle may be of the construction shown inFig. 1 of the drawings and above described.

To operate my device as a mop, the collar 0 should be turned in theproper direction to force the clamp B from the cross-piece a of theholder, when a cloth may be inserted between said clamp and cross-pieceand'firmly held in position by reversing the movement of the saidcollar. \Vhen the cloth is thus secured in position, the water passingthrough the handle and hollow holder will saturate the cloth through theperforations a and should these be closed by the cloth the perforationsa in the enlarged portions of the holder will afford the means forescape of water to the cloth.

When using the device as a scrubbingbrush, it is apparent that the waterwill pass from the handle into the cup H, where soap shaped piece havingopenings in its transverse portion for the distribution of water, andthe longitudinal depression a for the reception of the clam p, of ascrew-collar loosely mounted on the stem of the holder, a screwthreadedcollar engaging said screw-collar, and a clamp secured at its ends tothe outer collar and extending longitudinally over the transverseportion of the holder, substantially as described.

27 The combination with a mop-holder comprising a hollow T-shaped piecehaving openings in its transverse portion, a screw-collar looselymounted on the stem of the holder, a screw-threaded collar engaging saidscrewcollar, a clamp secured at its ends to the outer -collar andextending longitudinally over the transverse portion of the holder, of ahollow handle connected at one of its ends to the stem of the holder andat its other end to a source of water-supply, and a valve located in thehandle to regulate the flow of the water, substantially as described.

MIKAEL NASBERG.

Witnesses:

JAMES J. POULTENARD,

J. E. PARRY.

